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Mount St. Helens

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  • 22-10-2011 2:02pm
    #1
    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,675 ✭✭✭


    A recent hop (Packwood to Walter Sutton's Private Strip) took me past the Mount St. Helens volcano. Naturally, I fished the old instamatic out of the flight bag...

    (Scenery by Orbx)

    Approaching from the northwest:
    msh1.jpg?t=1319287977

    Closer look at the crater, with signs of the northward lateral blast:
    msh3.jpg?t=1319288180

    A more panoramic view:
    msh2.jpg?t=1319288335

    Looking west. Note the lava/debris extending off into the distance.
    msh4.jpg?t=1319288488

    For comparison, here's a link to a real-world photo: http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/images-archive/fame/20040924-referenceb-lg.jpg

    Stork


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    #2
    Firekitten
    Registered Users Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Firekitten


    Those are actually Pyroclastic flows, and or Lahars, rather than lava flows... very little actual andesitic hava was produced by Mt St Helens (Physical Geography BSC bitchez!)

    Nie snaps, I fancy having a flight up there some time... Irish field trip on vatsim? :D


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    #3
    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,675 ✭✭✭storker


    Ahh, nothing to beat genuinine knowledge. I wasn't actually sure if lava was involved or not, so I took a guess. Like the man in the orthopaedic shoes, I stand corrected. ;)

    Stork


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